Al Mayadeen obtains new Western IAEA draft resolution against Iran
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UK, France and Germany will submit a draft resolution at the IAEA Board condemning Iran’s nuclear safeguards breaches and demanding full transparency.
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IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi speaks during a news conference after his meeting with Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev in Kaliningrad, Russia, Friday, November 14, 2025 (AP)
Three European states that participated in the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany, also known as the E3, plan to introduce a draft resolution against Iran during the upcoming session of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors, scheduled for 19-21 November. Al Mayadeen has obtained a copy of the document.
The draft resolution expresses concern over a recent IAEA report by Rafael Grossi, the agency’s Director General, which emphasises that the IAEA must immediately verify Iran’s declared nuclear material stocks to allay fears and ensure compliance with its safeguards agreement under the Treaty on the Non‑Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).
Key points of the draft include:
- It holds that Iran is legally bound, under UN-imposed non-proliferation measures reinstated on 28 September 2025, to suspend all enrichment, re-processing, and heavy-water projects, including research & development, and to implement the modified Code 3.1 of its safeguards agreement.
- It expresses regret that Iran has failed, during the last five months, to provide the IAEA with the required information on its enriched uranium stocks and safeguarded nuclear facilities.
- It demands that the Director General report before each quarterly Board meeting on Iran’s safeguards implementation, including verified data on uranium stocks, enrichment levels, centrifuge inventory, chemical forms and locations, and that these reports be forwarded in parallel to the UN Security Council in line with past practice.
- The resolution reaffirms that Iran’s failure to allow verification of its highly-enriched uranium stockpile constitutes a serious compliance concern under Article 12.c of the IAEA Statute and references IAEA Board Resolution GOV/2025/65.
- It urges Iran to comply without delay with all relevant UN Security Council resolutions (including 1696 (2006), 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007), 1803 (2008), 1835 (2008), and 1929 (2010)).
- It also calls on Iran to fully implement its Additional Protocol and the modified safeguards conditions.
- Finally, it instructs the IAEA to re-insert the “Implementation of Iran’s Safeguards Agreement under the NPT” on the Board’s agenda from its next ordinary session and provide a separate status report on the resolution's implementation.
No review of the implementation of commitments
In a departure from the practice since 2015, the board will not be reviewing Iran's implementation of its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as the Vienna Agreement between Iran and the international powers is no longer in effect.
The Director General of the International Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, will present a comprehensive report on the opening day of the meeting regarding Iran’s commitments to the treaty and to the agreement reached in Cairo on September 9 with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Al Mayadeen obtained a copy of this report.
Grossi revealed in his report that the International Agency addressed a message to Iran dated November 7, 2025, confirming that "providing the agency with the possibility of access to carry out its planned activities in Iran is an obligation incumbent on Iran under the safeguards agreement concluded with it under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and therefore, Iran is expected to facilitate all these access operations" in accordance with the agency's need.
Iran links nuclear cooperation to SNSC decision
According to the report, Iran informed the agency on November 11 that any future cooperation would be contingent on a decision by the country’s Supreme National Security Council. This signals a potential shift in the level of access and oversight the IAEA may receive moving forward.
Iran also noted that the agency had conducted 11 inspections in Iran since the end of August 2025 and that a participatory and cooperative approach would facilitate further inspections.
The leaked report states that, under the NPT safeguards agreement, Iran is obligated to immediately submit a special report on the status of nuclear materials and facilities damaged by military attacks for safeguards purposes, claiming that it has not yet done so.
